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Table 1 Characteristics of studies that have determined associations between common VDR variants and melanoma risk

From: Variants Fok1 and Bsm1 on VDR are associated with the melanoma risk: evidence from the published epidemiological studies

Study (Ref)

Region

Study type

Participants

SNP site

Genotype in cases

Genotype in controls

Genotyping method

HWE-test

Hutchinson, 2000 [15]

UK

HCC

316 cases, 108 controls

Fok1

105 (FF), 142 (Ff), 45 (ff)

52 (FF), 44(Ff), 12 (ff)

RFLP

0.563

Taq1

94 (TT), 127 (Tt), 40 (tt)

39 (TT), 41 (Tt), 13 (tt)

RFLP

0.675

Han 2007 [16]

USA

NCC

219 cases, 873 controls

Fok1

77 (FF), 101 (Ff), 37 (ff)

325 (FF), 418 (Ff), 111 (ff)

Taqman

0.193

Bsm1

85 (bb), 94 (Bb), 29 (BB)

312 (bb), 398 (Bb), 130 (BB)

Taqman

0.869

Cdx2

132 (GG), 68 (GA), 5 (AA)

548 (GG), 269 (GA), 36 (AA)

Taqman

0.681

Santonocito, 2007 [18]

Italy

PCC

112 cases, 101 controls

Fok1

47 (FF), 41 (Ff), 13 (ff)

41 (FF), 46 (Ff), 14 (ff)

RFLP

0.849

Bsm1

37 (bb), 54 (Bb), 10 (BB)

26 (bb), 51 (Bb), 24 (BB)

RFLP

0.918

EcoRV

35 (AA), 51 (AG), 15 (GG)

43 (AA), 45 (AG), 13 GG)

RFLP

0.819

Povey 2007 [17]

UK

PCC

596 cases, 441 controls

EcoRV

196 (AA), 297 (AG), 103 (GG)

130 (AA), 195 (AG), 86 (GG)

RFLP

0.416

Li 2008 [19]

USA

HCC

805 cases, 841 controls

Taq1

330 (TT), 355 (Tt), 120 (tt)

269 (TT), 422 (Tt), 150 (tt)

RFLP

0.485

Bsm1

305 (bb), 366 (Bb), 134 (BB)

265 (bb), 427 (Bb), 149 (BB)

RFLP

0.308

    

Fok1

287 (FF), 427 (Ff), 91 (ff)

344 (FF), 396 (Ff), 101 (ff)

RFLP

0.425

Randerson-Moor 2009 (a, [22] )

UK

PCC

1028 cases, 402 controls

Cdx2

648 (GG), 324 (GA), 56 (AA)

250 (GG), 134 (GA), 18 (AA)

ASPCR

0.993

EcoRV

337 (AA), 509 (AG), 182 (GG)

137 (AA), 188 (AG), 77 (GG)

ASPCR

0.385

Fok1

381 (FF), 489 (Ff), 158 (ff)

161 (FF), 176 (Ff), 65 (ff)

ASPCR

0.152

Bsm1

356 (bb), 497 (Bb), 175 (BB)

134 (bb), 202 (Bb), 66 (BB)

RFLP

0.488

ApaI

283 (AA), 524 (Aa), 221 (aa)

120 (AA), 190 (Aa), 92 (aa)

ASPCR

0.315

TaqI

369 (TT), 484 (Tt), 175 (tt)

144 (TT), 194 (Tt), 64 (tt)

RFLP

0.921

Randerson-Moor 2009 (b, [22])

UK

PCC

299 cases, 560 controls

Cdx2

193 (GG), 89 (GA), 17 (AA)

350 (GG), 179 (GA), 31 (AA)

ASPCR

0.204

    

EcoRV

87 (AA), 151 (AG), 61 (GG)

198 (AA), 261 (AG), 101 (GG)

ASPCR

0.356

    

Fok1

96 (FF), 139 (Ff), 64 (ff)

225 (FF), 255 (Ff), 80 (ff)

ASPCR

0.573

    

Bsm1

110 (bb), 145 (Bb), 44 (BB)

134 (bb), 202 (Bb), 66 (BB)

RFLP

0.488

    

ApaI

80 (AA), 151 (Aa), 68 (aa)

175 (AA), 283 (Aa), 102 (aa)

ASPCR

0.505

    

TaqI

107 (TT), 150 (Tt), 42 (tt)

187 (TT), 273 (Tt), 100 (tt)

RFLP

0.983

Gapska 2009 [20]

Poland

PCC

763 cases, 763 controls

Taq1

315 (TT), 351 (Tt), 94 (tt)

324 (TT), 350 (Tt), 88 (tt)

Taqman

0.657

Bsm1

327 (bb), 340 (Bb), 96 (BB)

308 (bb), 352 (Bb), 98 (bb)

Taqman

0.869

Fok1

240 (FF), 377 (Ff), 144 (ff)

252 (FF), 357 (Ff), 143 (ff)

Taqman

0.409

EcoRV

237 (AA),370 (AG), 154 (GG)

216 (AA), 392 (AG), 147 (GG)

Taqman

0.195

Halsall 2009 [21]

USA

HCC

176 cases, 80 controls

EcoRV

50 (AA),88 (GA), 38 (GG)

34 (AA), 46 (GA), 10 (GG)

RFLP

0.341

Pena-Chilet 2013 [23]

Spain

HCC

530 cases, 314 controls

Taq1

186 (TT), 248 (Tt), 64 (tt)

109 (TT), 141 (Tt), 44 (tt)

Kaspar

0.884

Fok1

217 (FF), 225 (Ff), 58 (ff)

140 (FF) , 130 (Ff) , 39 (ff)

Kaspar

0.309

EcoRV

183 (AA), 228 (GA), 94 (GG)

106 (AA), 149 (GA), 45 (GG)

Kaspar

0.531

Zeljic 2014 [24]

Serbia

PCC

117 cases, 122 controls

EcoRV

24 (AA), 66 (GA), 27 (GG)

37 (AA), 51 (GA), 34 (GG)

Taqman

0.071

Fok1

40 (FF), 60 (Ff), 17 (ff)

46 (FF), 62 (Ff), 14 (ff)

Taqman

0.312

Taq1

33 (TT), 62 (Tt), 22 (tt)

59 (TT), 48 (Tt), 15 (tt)

Taqman

0.192

ApaI

55 (AA), 41 (Aa), 21 (aa)

52 (AA), 41 (Aa), 29 (aa)

Taqman

0.001

  1. Abbreviations: ASPCR allele-specific polymerase chain reaction, HCC hospital-based case–control study, HWE Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, NCC nested case–control study, PCC population-based case–control study, RFLP restriction fragment length polymorphism, SNP single nucleotide polymorphism.